Cabinet reinforcing assembly

A cabinet of an appliance, the cabinet comprising:

• an outer wrapper defining opposing sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the opposing sidewalls and an access opening,
• an inner liner defining an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
• a mullion bracket disposed in a horizontal plane between the upper compartment and the lower compartment;
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• a T-bracket coupled to one of the opposing sidewalls, the T-bracket including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein the vertical portion is disposed adjacent the access opening and spaced from an access opening edge of the one of the sidewalls and the horizontal portion is disposed along the horizontal plane including the mullion bracket and extends towards the rear wall approximately a width of the one of the sidewalls and past the vertical portion such that the horizontal portion is closer to the access opening edge than the vertical portion.

A refrigerating appliance comprising:

• a cabinet comprising:
• an outer wrapper defining opposing first and second sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the first and second sidewalls and an access opening;
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• an inner liner defining an upper compartment and a lower compartment, wherein the outer wrapper and the inner liner define a sealed insulating cavity therebetween that is under vacuum;
• and
• at least one T-bracket coupled to one of the first and second sidewalls, the at least one T-bracket including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein the upper compartment and the lower compartment are vertically spaced and include a horizontal plane therebetween, the vertical portion is disposed across the horizontal plane and the horizontal portion extends towards the rear wall along the horizontal plane, further wherein the outer wrapper includes a groove dimensioned to receive the at least one T-bracket.